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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Monday, July 24, 2017, Ambassador of India to Venezuela and Consul General of India to Sint Maarten, Mr. Rahul Shrivastava, made an introductory visit to the Honorable Prime Minister Mr. William Marlin.

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The project will take 18 months to construct--- Agreement with Synergy annulled.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of VROMI has made some headway in getting a waste to energy plant on St. Maarten which would probably eliminate the fires at the dumpsite and also decrease the size of the ‘hill’ on Pond Island. The Minister announced on Wednesday that he signed an MOU (memorandum of understanding) with a company to deal with the garbage situation on St. Maarten. In a separate interview with SMN News Minister Emmanuel said that some 17/18 companies submitted proposals to the Department of VROMI but only four of them really mentioned the landfill (dump) in their proposals in terms of remediating and taking care of the landfill Read more

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SOUTH REWARD:----The St. Maarten Community Collective, South Reward celebrated another milestone event for the community on Sunday afternoon when the MOU between the community association and the Milton Peters College was finally signed for the use of the outdoor basketball court.

Speeches were done by Community Collective South Reward's President Mrs. Zahira Hilliman-Marmar, facility manager Mr. Richard Woods, Professional basketball player Mr. Patrick Hilliman and community collective treasurer Ms Read more

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St. Maarten At High Level Un Forum.

Prime Minister Marlin forms part of Dutch Kingdom delegation

Great Bay:--- St. Maarten is joining other countries comprising the Dutch Kingdom, attending the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) being held in New York. This United Nations event serves as a central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed upon in 2015. Some forty-four UN member States are represented at this event and will be presenting their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) of the 2030 Agenda.

Conference Theme
The theme of the conference is “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world".

The set of goals being reviewed in depth will be to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalizing a Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

National Reviews
During the forum, countries present their VNRs, wherein their state and means of implementation of the SDGs agenda are documented Read more

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Great Bay:--- St. Maarten continues to embrace the SDG 2030 Development Agenda and remains committed to achieving these by the time the target date arrives.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), known as the Global Goals, are a universal effort to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that people worldwide enjoy peace and prosperity. These are different to the MDGs approach as well as the partnership dimension (working nationally, regionally and internationally with partners in the implementation of the SDGs), which is key to success.

17 SDG Goals
Some 17 goals have been identified, built on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Read more

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Where is the Instruction Mark Rutte threatened to impose on St. Maarten?

The Hague/ St. Maarten:--- The Secretary General of St. Maarten Hensley Plantijn and the Secretary General of the Netherlands F.J. Arkenbout signed an agreement on July 6th, 2017.
The agreement that was signed is based on the summary of the reported session held on July 6th.
Parties meaning the Country St. Maarten and the Netherlands have to continue the discussion of the national ordinance through which an integrity chamber will be established while taking into account the verdict of the constitutional court regarding the necessity to establish such a national ordinance and the framework proposed by the court.

The Council of Ministers on St Read more

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